St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-23

/ nial-An Ovation rendered Him.
Strong Speech from the Deposed Pastor
The accommodation of DR.. McGlyn1
has been formally announced accordin!
to directions sent by cable from Rome tt
, Archbishop Corrigan. The announce
ment is as follows.
[OFFICIAL.l
To the Very Reuerend C2ergy and the Faithful am
Rererend Laity Of the Archdiocese Of Ne1
York:
Be it known that on the 4th day of May
I 1887, the Sacred Congregation OF the PrOpa
ganda admonished the Rev. DR.. Edward
McGlynn late rector Of st. Stephens Church
in this city, that he had already rendered
himself liable to ecclesiastical censure by
disobeying the positive command of the SOW
ereign pontitt, given January II.
Wishing, however, to deal leniently with
him, the sacred congregation refraned from
lnt1icting censure, and, offering him further
opportunity to be heard in his own behalf,
gave him final and a peremptory order to
present himself in Rome within forty DAYS
from the receipt of the letter containing such
order, under pain of excommunication to
ndtim.
This letter was duly delivered to the Rev
DR.. McGlynn, and as he allowed the days of
grace to pass unheeded it became our sad
duty to notify him that he had incurred by his
own act this penalty of communication by
name, whereby he is cut off from the COM
mum on OF the church. from its sacraments
and participation in its prayers, and, should
he persevere in his contumacy. deprived Of
the right after death to Christian burial
1t has become also our duty to declare to
the clergy and laity of our charge, which we
do by these letters, that the Rev. DR.. Edward
/ McGlynn is communicated nominatim
with all the penalties attached to this censure
! by the canons of the Church
| New York, July the Sth, 1887.
MICHAEL AUGUSTINE
/ Archbishop of New York.
Z. f. MCDONNELL, Secretary
This was published officially in the
| Catholic Neacs and the Cat2tolic Recieac
1t is the only announcement of the ex-
communication that will be made, except
as pastors may choose their own way of
further communicating the news to their
people. There are no orders to read the
notice in the churches nor will any formal
service of feXcommunication be read in the
New York cathedral. With this action
Archbishop Corrigan drops the case of DR..
McGlynn. 1t is stated, however, on au-
thority, that should DR.. McGlynn's Ro-
man Catholic sympathizers continue their
demonstrations they, too, will incur the
formal censure of the church.
DR.. McGlynn was asked:
"As an excommunicant, what will be
your position with reference to Catholics
in full communion in the church?'
Il shall be in this position: | can go
to church, but it will be the duty of
priest who knows me as an excommuni-
Gated person to deny me the sacrament
of the church. Ny social position will
not be particularly interfered with l
can have among my most intimate friends
the most devout Catholics in full com
munion
Referring to a recent comparison of
his position with that of Pere Hyacinthe,
he desired to say that the simile at least
should not be carried to the extent of
imagining that he was to take to himself
a wife. Nothing is further from his
mind. He took his vows as priest with
full knowledge of all that they en-
tailed, and he proposes to continue their
observance in so far as he is permitted
by the superiors in the church.
Henry George argues that a public
proceeding of some kind is required to
make accommodation genuine, and
notified Catholics that if they did not
publicly hear of DR.. McGlynn's excom-
munication they might rest assured that
he had not been eXcommunicated. The
public announcement now made may
cover this point, but Mr.. George also an
nounced that an unjust excommunica-
ton does not bind the Catholic
conscience, and that this is an unjust ex-
communication. He quotes this from
the Rev DR.. Burtsell:
While it is ordinarily required to give out
ward acquiescence in an unjust sentence of
suspension, interdict or accommodation,
yet it does not really in any sense bind the
conscience, even If the injustice comes
the forms of trial required by the
law, though the delinquency may have
occurred No respect at all, even out
ward, need be given it if notoriously there
was no delinquency on the part of the one
condemned. The learned DAvino, in his
communication gives this principle in
unmistakable language: "It censure is evil
IDENTIFY null, such as one pronounced after
legitimate appeal or which was founded upon
an lntolerable mistake it has no effect
before God or men: And consequently there
is no need of absolution from it, and, as its
nullity is thoroughly notorious there is not
any obligation to pay heed to it, even out
wardly."
"Thus," Mr.. George says, "there being
no delinquency in DR.. McGlynn's case,
for neither Propaganda nor Pope has
the slightest canonical right to order him
to Rome, no accommodation based on
his refusal to 60 to Rome can have any
effect, even if proclaimed with bell,
book and CANDLE and no Catholic will
be under any obligation to pay heed
to it."
At public meeting held at the
Academy of Music DR.. McGlynn spoke
at length. He was received with up
roarious applause by the audience of
nearly 5000 people. He referred to the
", wisdom and kindness of God in giving
guide at all times. He claimed that a
man who acted against his conscience
sinned even if in so doing he followed
the command of the Pope He concluded
by saying:
=, AS long as Catholic people continue to let
Inc Pope do as be pleases in politics as well